AARP is planning events to celebrate the milestone and raise awareness of the importance of Social Security — a program that provides monthly payments to 1.5 million Arizonans.
$105,500 in grants aims to help residents of all ages, especially older adults, improve how they live, move, and stay connected in their neighborhoods through innovative local projects
After more than 18 months of work, which included story collection, stakeholder meetings, legislative testimony, lobbying, and so much more, Arizona will finally have improved standards in Assisted Living Facilities.
Ann Cox loves to volunteer. For the past few years, the 71-year-old retired schoolteacher has volunteered to help at free AARP movie screenings, breakfast networking events, caregiving workshops and shred-a-thons, where people bring sensitive documents like credit card statements for shredding.
Arizona officials, AARP and health care providers are encouraging residents to get flu shots as soon as possible. The annual vaccination is even more important this year, to prevent further strain on a health care system already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.
AARP knows we’re all trying to do our best to embrace our differences. To help with this journey, we’ve partnered with Cultural and Career Strategist Derek Young and the National Museum for African-American Music for a 2-part series to talk about the part we all play in creating and cultivating equitable relationships and how music can help bring us together.